• Journal of Life Science
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• v.27 no.11
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• pp.1269-1275
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• 2017

Tenebrio molitor samples were investigated as novel biomaterials and sources of food in several recent studies. However, the insects' effects on hair growth were not sufficiently researched. To develop novel and natural materials for preventing alopecia and promoting hair growth, this study investigated the antioxidant activities and hair-growth promotion effects of TMEs. To determine the antioxidant activities, the TMEs' DPPH radical- and nitrite-scavenging activities were examined. To determine hair-growth promotion effects, proliferations of human dermal papilla cells (DPCs) and the murine fibroblast cell line NIH3T3 were evaluated by using an MTS assay. In addition, estimations were made for cell viabilities against cell death induced by dihydrotesterone (DHT) in DPCs and inhibitory effects against potassium channel blocking induced by tolbutamide (TBM) in NIH3T3 cells. The DPPH radical scavenging activity was 81.17%, and the nitrite scavenging activity was 43.69%; the activities were similar to the activities of blueberry extracts. Moreover, the TMEs promoted the proliferation of human DPCs and NIH3T3 cells, which were concentrated dependently. The TMEs prevented not only DHT-induced DPC cytotoxicity but also TBM's action as a potassium channel blocker in NIH3T3 cells. The results suggested that TME could be used as a functional therapeutic alopecia reagent, to prevent hair loss and to promote hair growth.

• Journal of Life Science
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.59-67
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• 2016

Platycodon grandiflorum A. De Candolle (Korean name, ‘Doraji’) is a perennial plant containing various triterpenoid saponins. The roots of this plant have traditionally been used as a food material in Korea. Here, we prepared a fermented P. grandiflorum extract (PG). Although it was previously reported that P. grandiflorum A. extract has a variety of physiological functionalities, including anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant activities, little is known about its vascular functions. In this study, we executed a series of experiments to identify the effect of PG on endothelial cells. PG at a high concentration (100 μg/ml) was found to induce cell detachment, whereas PG at a low concentration (0.1 μg/ml) appeared to promote cell proliferation and migration in bovine aortic endothelial cells. The cell detachment induced by the high concentration was not associated with cell death, such as apoptosis, necrosis, and autophagy. In addition, we found that PG at the high concentration formed a small vesicular structure called an endothelial microparticle (EMP). The EMP was prepared by centrifugal fractionation and determined with flow cytometry and a microscope. Interestingly, PG-induced cell detachment was found to be mediated by EMP. We furthermore determined that PG at the low concentration activated Akt, a crucial cell-signaling molecule, and then controlled cell proliferation and migration. Overall, our findings suggest that PG at low doses maintains vascular stability by promoting endothelial cell proliferation, and enhances the efficacy of wound healing by cell proliferation and migration activity.

• KSBB Journal
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.370-373
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• 1995

The major by-products in ethanol fermentation by Saccharomyces cerevisiae were glycerol, acetaldehyde, acetic acid, lactic acid, and formic acid. The effects of these by-products on the cell growth and ethanol production were studied. By adding acetaldehyde or acetic acid in the fermentation broth, the cell growth decreased while the ethanol production increased. But glycerol and lactic acid had nearly no effects on the cell growth and the ethanol production. Acetic acid and acetaldehyde inhibited the cell growth by diminishing the growth rate as well as by prolonging the lag phase. The ethanol yield increased with the elevation of concentrations of acetic acid and acetaldehyde in the fermentation broth. The maximum ethanol yield was obtained for $3g/\ell$ acetic acid and $2g/\ell$ acetaldehyde, respectively.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.30 no.6
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• pp.559-565
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• 1997

Donor airway ischemia is a significant problem after tracheal replacement with homograft or lung transplantation, Several factors such as omentopexy, heparin, PGl2 and fibroblast growth factor, have been shown to induce angiogenesis in vitro and in vivo. This study was designed to investigate whether omentopexy and basic flbroblast growth factor can enhance rabbit tracheal revascularization and epithelial regeneration, Three different experiments were performed with New Zealand white rabbit. In group I(n= 15 control group), only coNical tracheal autotransplantation was done. In group II(n= 15), cervical tracheal autotransplantation with omentopexy was done through subcutaneous route. In group III(n= 15), cervical tracheal autotransplantation was done and lug basic flbroblast growth factor was applied. After 3, 7 and 14 days, the animals were sacrificed. The extent of revascularization was investigated by means of uptake of the human serum albumin labelled with 99m technetium, and epithelial regeneration were assessed by means of light microscope. In the group investigated at day 3, there was statistically significant high tracheal revascularization in group III(p<0.05), but no difference at 7 and 14 days. And epithelial regenerations at day 3 were better in group III(p<0.05), and at day 7 in group II and III. But there was no difference at day 14. We concluded that b-FGF can enhance the revascularization and epithelial regeneration of the tracheal autograft especially in early phase.

• Proceedings of the KSAR Conference
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• 2001.10a
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• pp.32-36
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• 2001

난소의 재형성 과정은 난소 내 여러 조절인자들에 의해 조절되는 성장 및 퇴행 과정을 반복하는 특징을 가지고 있다. 황체는 주기적 성장과 퇴행을 보이며 과립세포의 세포자멸사 (apoptosis)를 통해 황체의 퇴행이 일어나게 된다지. 이러한 세포자멸사 과정은 난소의 정상 생리에 매우 중요하다. ATP 는 자율신경으로부터 세포외 유출을 통해 분비되어 근육 수축, 신경전달체계, 외분비 및 내분비 호르몬의 분비, 면역반응, 염증, 혈소판 응집, 동통 및 심장기능의 조절 등 매우 다양한 생물학적 기능에 영향을 미친다. 이러한 작용은 세포 표변에 존재하는 purinoceptor를 통해 이루어지는 것으로 알려져 있다. ATP는 일반적으로 세포 내에서는 에너지원으로서 작용하나 세포외부에 존재하는 ATP의 경우에는 조절물질로 작용하여 어떤 세포에 있어서는 세포용해를 일으키기도 하며, 어떤 세포에서는 세포자멸사를 유발하기도 한다. 세포 내에 존재하는 ATP는 세포의 주요한 에너지원으로 사용되며 살아있는 세포에서는 세포막을 통과하지 못하는 반면 세포 외에 존재하는 ATP는 말초신경계 혹은 중추신경계에 있어서 매우 중요한 신경전달물질로 작용하고 있다. (중략)

• The Korean Journal of Zoology
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• v.33 no.1
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• pp.45-52
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• 1990

In order to determine whether maturation inhibiting activity(MIA) in the cytoplasm of growing follicular oocytes would suppress the cleavage of the embryonal cells, the growing oocytes were fused with the 2 or 4 cell blastomeres and then examined for the nuclear phase of the fused giant cells 24 hr after culture. A significant number of the giant cells(60%) composed of growing mouse oocyte and 2 cell mouse blastomere(1/2) in interphase has contained 2 nuclei 24 hr after culture and most of the giant cells (90%) composed of the growing oocyte and 4 cell blastomere(1/4) also contained 2 nuclei after culture. The unfused blastomeres or the isolated blastomeres cultured without fusion treatment cleaved one cell cycle under the same culture condition. In contrast, the nucleus of the growing oocytes was disintegrated and the chromosome condensed when fused with 2 cell blastomere in mitosis. The growing rat oocytes also suppressed the nuclear disintegration of the mouse embryonal cells during culture. The data presented here showed that MIA in the growing mammalian oocyte inhibited the cleavage of the embryonal cells in interphase stage, but not in milosis stage.

• Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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• 2015.05a
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• pp.171-172
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• 2015

질염 환자의 질분비물 도말에서 광학현미경상에서 고배율로 관찰한 결과 정상 상피세포에서는 질내 정상 pH를 유지하기 위해 무수한 젖산균의 존재를 확인할수 있었다. 그러나 저배율, 고배율의 광학현미경상에서 진균에 감염된 세포 주변에서 젖산균(lactobacilli)은 관찰되지 않았다. 주사전자 현미경 상에서 Candida albicans는 기능을 탈락한 상피세포의 세포질에 기생하며, biofilm의 성장환경을 만들며, budding을 통해 2차 딸세포를 형성하며, 성장과 증식을 끊임없이 반복함을 확인하였다. 성장과 재생이 주기적으로 일어나지 않은 면역력이 약화된 임산부나, 호르몬의 부족으로 인한 위축성 질염 환자는 상피세포층이 떨어지면서 나오는 글리코겐을 이용해 질내에 존재하는 lactobacilli균이 젖산을 풍부하게 만들 수 없으므로 감염증 발생이 더 높아진 것으로 사료된다.

• Journal of Acupuncture Research
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• v.28 no.3
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• pp.101-110
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• 2011

목적 : 이 연구는 봉독이 NF-${\kappa}$B의 활성억제를 통하여 전립선 암세포주인 DU-145 세포의 성장을 억제하 는지를 확인하고 그 기전을 살펴보고자 하였다. 방법 : 봉독을 처리한 후 DU-145의 성장억제를 관찰하기 위해 WST-1 assay를 시행하였고, 세포자멸사의 관찰에는 DAPI staining assay를 통한 세포형태관찰을 시행하였으며, 염증관련유전자 발현 관찰에는 western blot analysis를 시행하였고, 세포자멸사와 연관된 NF-${\kappa}$B의 활성 변화를 관찰하기 위해 EMSA와 luciferase assay를 시행하였으며, DU-145에서 봉독과 NF-${\kappa}$B의 상호작용을 관찰하기 위해 transient transfection assay를 시행하여 세포생존율과 NF-${\kappa}$B의 활성 변동을 측정하였다. 결과 : DU-145 세포에서 봉독을 처리한 후 세포성장이 억제되었으며, 염증관련유전자 발현 및 NF-${\kappa}$B의 활성의 유의한 감소를 나타내었다. DU-145 세포에서 NF-${\kappa}$B의 p50와 IKK들을 치환하여 작용기를 없애고 봉독을 처리하였을 경우에도 세포활성 및 NF-${\kappa}$B의 활성의 유의한 감소를 나타내었다. 결론 : 이상의 결과는 봉독이 NF-${\kappa}$B의 활성 억제를 통하여 인간 전립선암세포주인 DU-145의 세포자멸사를 유발함으로써 증식억제 효과가 있음을 입증한 것으로 전립선암의 예방과 치료에 대한 효과적인 치료제 개발에 도움이 될 것으로 기대된다. 다만 그 기전에서 봉독은 기존연구와 같은 NF-${\kappa}$B p50 및 IKK들의 작용기와 상호작용 이외에 다른 기전이 관여되는 것으로 심화 연구를 요한다.

• KSBB Journal
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• v.4 no.3
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• pp.259-265
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• 1989

In a batch fermentation process using carrot cell suspension culture, the effect of initial concentration of limiting nutrients(glucose and phosphate) on the specific growth rate and cell yield was investigated. The period of exponential growth is about 2 days and the consumption of glucose and phosphate in culture medium was very small when the initial concentrations of glucose and phosphate are 1.49g/1 ~ 3.01g/l and 0.08 ~ 0.32mM respectively. The specific growth rate of cells ranged from TEX>$0.15\;day^{-1}$ to $0.3\;day^{-1}$ irregularly. And the ratio of the initial concentration of glucose to phosphate did not affect the specific growth rate and the cell yield. The increase on cells had linear relationship with the consumption of limiting nutrients. Therefore, the increase of cells was found to be more influenced by the concentration of glucose than that of phosphate.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.31 no.2
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• pp.329-332
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• 2002

We investigated the effect of Sarcodon aspratus extract on expression of cell cycle regulators. Methanol extract of Sarcodon aspratus showed a growth suppression on HepG2. As shown by western blot analysis, the expressions of cyclin A and Dl known as cell cycle regulators were decreased after treatment of Sarcodon aspratus extract. On the other hand, the expression of cyclin Bl was increased in the presence of Sarcodon aspratus extract. Furthermore, the expression of p53, a tumor supressor gene, and p27, a cell cycle dependent protein kinase inhibitor, were increased, whereas the expression of PCNA was decreased. In conclusion, our study suggests that growth inhibitory effect of Sardodon aspratus methanol extract on HepG2 is induced by cell cycle arrest in the Gl phase caused by decrease in cyclin A, Dl expressions and increases in p53, p27 expression.